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Rail Crash Kills Two and Injures Thirty
A train bound for San Diego from Los Angeles derailed after hitting a bridge at the Santa Ana River near Anaheim when a dump truck failed to stop at the crossing. Two killed and 30 injured, including 29 hospitalized. Marines among the injured. Authorities praised the wig wag signals and reported the wreck caused by the truck and the impact with the bridge. Dozens of passengers treated at St Josephs and Orange County hospitals as rescue teams evacuated victims via ambulances and ladders.
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College Way
Anaheim
Larry J. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
San Diego
Los Angeles
Santa Ana River
Eugene Miller
Orange County
Miller
C. R. Robertson
Santa Fe
Janice Baird
West
Walter E. McConnaughey
McKnight St
Laguna Beach
Hannah
J. C. Kennedy
Santa Fe Railroad
G. H. Benton
Grand Ave
Huntington Park
Pat ‘l Schambers
St. Joseph's Hospital
Orange
Orange County Hospital
Divis
California Highway Patrol
St. Joseph Hospital
Melvin Best
Donald Vandiver
Samuel Owens
Larry Copeland
Donald Davis
Dennis R. Culp
Eugene [Mastin
Keith Ramsey
Willard Garautte
Gerald Hiteman
Placentia Ave
Costa Mesa
Charles Logerwell
la Jolla
Guy 'Matzinger
Whittier
Becker
Alhambra
June Pringle
King's Landing
Minn
Edwin W. Mohart
Pearl Mohart
Greenleaf St .Santa Ana
Walter McCon‘naughty
Hannah Mc‘Connaughty
Mc‘Knight Drive
Phyllis DeLeon
Joanie Caniglia
James Hullock
Mary Bullock
John £. Wetzel
Hacienda Heights
Olga Cline